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Reflecting the importance of drawing on children's perspectives to
shape professional practice, this book offers a nuanced approach to
understanding the aims, implications and practicalities of
accessing and incorporating children's perspectives in pedagogial
practices relating to transitions. Listening to Children's Advice
about Starting School and School Age Care: emphasises the
importance of listening to and respecting children's perspectives
at the time of their transitions to school and school age care;
shares children's perspectives of the transition to school and
school age care in ways that are both authentic and provocative;
explores implications for practice as a consequence of children's
input; provokes a deep level of critical reflection and
practice/policy development that is informed by a dialogue between
research and practice. Chapters report research conducted in seven
different countries to highlight approaches that acknowledge and
respect children's input, and use this as a basis for critical
reflection on practice, with a view to improving the children's
transition experiences. Using examples of practice and offering
practical and theoretical insights, the book illustrates the
multiplicity of children's perspectives, and prompts educators to
reflect on and critique practice. This book will be invaluable
reading for researchers, students, educators and practitioners
involved in young children's transitions to school and school-age
care.
Dr Eva Johansson is Professor of Education at the Department of
Early Childhood Education, University of Stavanger, Norway. Dr
Johanna Einarsdottir is a Professor of Early Childhood Education
and the Dean of School of Education at the University of Iceland.
Reflecting the importance of drawing on children's perspectives to
shape professional practice, this book offers a nuanced approach to
understanding the aims, implications and practicalities of
accessing and incorporating children's perspectives in pedagogial
practices relating to transitions. Listening to Children's Advice
about Starting School and School Age Care: emphasises the
importance of listening to and respecting children's perspectives
at the time of their transitions to school and school age care;
shares children's perspectives of the transition to school and
school age care in ways that are both authentic and provocative;
explores implications for practice as a consequence of children's
input; provokes a deep level of critical reflection and
practice/policy development that is informed by a dialogue between
research and practice. Chapters report research conducted in seven
different countries to highlight approaches that acknowledge and
respect children's input, and use this as a basis for critical
reflection on practice, with a view to improving the children's
transition experiences. Using examples of practice and offering
practical and theoretical insights, the book illustrates the
multiplicity of children's perspectives, and prompts educators to
reflect on and critique practice. This book will be invaluable
reading for researchers, students, educators and practitioners
involved in young children's transitions to school and school-age
care.
Dr Eva Johansson is Professor of Education at the Department of
Early Childhood Education, University of Stavanger, Norway. Dr
Johanna Einarsdottir is a Professor of Early Childhood Education
and the Dean of School of Education at the University of Iceland.
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